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Legacy Phuket GazetteMonday, June 6, 2011Last Updated: Monday, June 6, 2011

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When I was a lad…

PHUKET: “It’s something that will be a great story when I’m an old man telling my grandkids that I was once the best player in the world at golf. It’s a little surreal.”

Luke Donald already relishing the opportunity to have yawning kids listen to his golfing war stories. Thirty three year old Donald becomes the third Englishman after Sir Nick Faldo and Lee Westwood to be crowned world number one and the 15th overall since the rankings began in 1986.

— Neil Quail

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